Spotted this is Graz in Austria. Ok it’s a pedestrian zone but 5 is literally walking pace. Seems a bit draconian. Having said that there are amazing cycle paths everywhere in the city and loads of people all ages cycling everywhere. Seems really nice.
by clausy
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time to organise a pirate drag race with other bikers.
The sign I understand but the police car is overkill
lol I couldn’t imagine going 5kmh , lazily peddling with no hands going slow and playing Pokémon go I’m going 10-12kmh
Just put up a sign that says no bikes, clearly this is a pedestrian area where too many cyclists think they have more skills than they do
Ah yes, the famous Schmiedgasse.
It is a shared pedestrian-cyclist space, where the official speed limit is “Schrittgeschwindigkeit”, or walking speed.
However, this is not that strictly defined. I had a friend who had an accident there, and the police said the official limit is 10 km/h. This was the main cycling route through the city center for a long time. Since a lot of shops and cafes are there, the speed limit was set.
Anyways, a nearby parallel street has a dedicated bike line, the Neutorgasse, which should be the new main cycling route, which was constructed half a year ago.
Now the Schmiedgasse has 50% less bike traffic.
I can’t even stay vertical when going 5 km/h.
In Norway we now have a dumb law where you have to pass pedestrians on pavements at “walking speed” which was introduced in reaction to the electric scooter armageddon which also applies to cyclists. A lot of our “cycling infrastructure” begins or ends with pavements, so there’s little way to avoid blending with pedestrians without using the infrastructure at all. If everyone abided by the law then cycling would be completely impractical. I understand the thinking behind it, but the real solution is actually infrastructure which doesn’t create conflicts between vulnerable users all trying to share the same tiny space.